iPhone 2.0 Firmware (5A347) Available Early — Once again, digging through Apple's XML files has revealed the url to the iPhone 2.0 Firmware that is presently available on Apple's servers. One of our readers found this new firmware image: — iPhone1,2_2.0_5A347_Restore.ipsw (download link)

Apple's Latest Opens a Developers' Playground — PALO ALTO, Calif. — When Apple opens its online App Store for iPhone software on Thursday, Steven P. Jobs will be making an attempt to dominate the next generation of computing as it moves toward Internet-connected mobile devices.

App Store: Apps Available for Download on iTunes — Apps have already appeared in the iTunes App Store and can be found and downloaded by searching for their names. AOL's AIM Application (iTunes Link), for example, is available as a free download. — Apple's free Remote Application …

Updating and restoring iPhone and iPod touch software — You can use iTunes to update or restore iPhone or iPod touch software. Apple recommends updating iPhone or iPod touch to use the latest software. You can also restore the software, which puts iPhone or iPod touch back to its factory condition.

iPhone 3G on Sale Tomorrow — Over 500 Native Applications for iPhone & iPod touch Available at Launch — Apple® today announced that more than 500 native applications will be available on the iPhone's App Store when Apple's iPhone™ 3G goes on sale tomorrow.

BOSS — The Next Step in our Open Search Ecosystem — Today, Yahoo! Search is taking another step in extending the Yahoo! Open Strategy with the launch of Yahoo! Search BOSS, a web services platform that allows developers and companies to create and launch web-scale search products by utilizing …

Strange symbols appear on Google! — I'm hoping this is a Bloggle exlusive (even though I've not been blogging here for while). A strange symbol (swastika?) has just made it HOT on Google Trends. Why? Could be an example of Google ‘bombing’? — Check it out here.

Ballmer: We'll look at open source, but we won't touch — Steve Ballmer is at least willing to talk with the open-source crowd now, as his comments at Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference 2008 demonstrate. He's just not willing to actually engage in open source as an appreciable part of his company's business.

Workplace BlackBerry Use May Spur Lawsuits — Addicted BlackBerry users have already nicknamed themselves crackberrys, but lawyers are now calling the digital device in the workplace something else: A lawsuit waiting to happen. — As employers hand out electronic devices to their employees …

In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many — Updated, 9:33 a.m., Agence France-Presse has retracted the image as “apparently digitally altered.” — As news spread across the world of Iran's provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison.

Planeteye, Blowing Other Travel Sites Out of the Water? — There's a great deal going on in the online travel resource sector, and many of the recent developments have moved towards a nice approach for data aggregation and search tools, whether it be for flight search, trip-planning or virtual tours.